30 Days of Dirt Roads: We’re not Alone

It’s easy when you’re driving your favorite Dirt Road to feel like you’re the only person out there. There’s a certain solitude in it, an anonymity. It’s part of the draw.

And when you’re driving a grain truck, hauling a stock trailer or moving equipment across a Dirt Road,.. you’re really hoping you’re the only person out there! Dirt Roads aren’t usually equipped with wide-load turnouts or passing lanes.

Take the feature picture from this post for example. It’s a picture of the gate going into our farm yard. It’s on a Dirt Road. A secondary dirt road to be exact. It branches off from the main County road.

There’s a large gate that can be opened to move machinery & wide vehicles through. (on the right) And a smaller cattle guard (on the left) so we don’t have to open the big gate every time we head up the road in a pickup. Pretty self explanatory.

One morning however, we woke up to find the large gate gone. Well, not gone. Parts of it were still there. Along with strange tire tracks. We found the rest of the gate up the road about a quarter of a mile,…wrapped around a vehicle sitting in the ditch with a flat tire. I love karma.

Same story, different gate.Again, a large gate, this time on the left, and a small cattle guard.

Granted, the path across the cattle guard isn’t well worn, because it isn’t used often. This gate is open most of the year.

But when it’s closed, it’s closed to keep the cows that are Fall grazing the harvested fields from wandering off.

A few seasons ago, we found this particular gate obliterated, and cows spread over several miles. It took 3 days and a combined effort with 3 neighbors to get everyone’s animals back where they belonged.

Or how about this kind of use. This is just off the Dirt Road by the bridge on the way to our place. It’s a common fishing hole and summer swimming destination. It’s also a frequently used party spot. And apparently, a garbage dump.

At the risk of sounding like a party pooper…. who do they think is going to clean that up? Their mother?

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